. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 748 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. About the year 2200 B. C. Amenemhat I began to bring the peri- odical inflow from high Nile under control. It' a natural lake existed long before, having broken in through the gap during some great flood, its level also must have varied, not only by evaporation but during cycles of low Nile, and also no water might have entered the oasis for years in succession. The nodules of flint that occur all over t
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 748 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. About the year 2200 B. C. Amenemhat I began to bring the peri- odical inflow from high Nile under control. It' a natural lake existed long before, having broken in through the gap during some great flood, its level also must have varied, not only by evaporation but during cycles of low Nile, and also no water might have entered the oasis for years in succession. The nodules of flint that occur all over this desert are of a tough consistency, small, and very suitable for making arrow points and the distinctive and peculiar Fayum implements. This may be the reason why only two "coups-de-poing," or "drift" implements of Chelleen or Acheuleen type were found. N Scale A HILLS (eocene) *4 ^.. '--:"- u "-11 /V ^AnAnA^,-''. F F The Fayum Lake BIRKET EL KURUN Mai' of Fayum Desert. The dotted line shows approximately the shore of the ancient hike; F !•', implementiferons spots; R, ruins of Qasr el Sagha. The implements from the Hint mines in the Eastern Desert are of a cherty material, which occurs in masses and nodules of such shape and consistency as to be suitable for making them, and they are found only in that vicinity. Examples may now be seen in most of the museums on the four continents from both these localities, as also of those discovered by the writer in Somaliland. It is indeed probable that peculiar types discovered in different parts of the world have been evolved through the local material. For example, in the paleo- lithic workshops in the Madras Province of India, which I discovered. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Boar
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